Crime Rates at Brighton Road, South Croydon, CR2 6AS

Brighton Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Fairfield , and the 224th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brighton Road (CR2 6AS) in the last 12 months was 145.9 per 1,000 residents and was 54.8% lower than the Fairfield average (322.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brighton Road (CR2 6AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 197 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ledbury Road (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.